People v. Martinez

PRESIDING JUSTICE TULLY

delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury trial, defendant, Jose "Tony” Martinez, was convicted of solicitation of murder for hire and attempted first degree murder and was sentenced to 40 years’ imprisonment for solicitation of murder for hire and an extended term of 50 years’ imprisonment for attempted first degree murder, the sentences to run consecutively. Defendant appeals to this court from the judgment of conviction pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 603 (134 Ill. 2d R. 603).

On appeal, defendant contends that: (1) the trial court erred in denying his motion…